Dorothy Fields

Songwriter, born 15 July 1905 in Allenhurst, New Jersey, died 28 March 1974 in New York, New York.

She was a successful lyricist who collaborated with composers such as [a=Jimmy McHugh], [a=Jerome Kern] and [a=Cy Coleman]. Among her best known songs are [i]On The Sunny Side Of The Street[/i] (1930), [i]The Way You Look Tonight[/i] (1936) and [i]Big Spender[/i] (1964).

In 1971, she was the first woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Dorothy Fields is the daughter of vaudeville artist Lew Fields, sister of playwriters [a=Joseph Fields] and [a=Herbert Fields] and mother of pianist [a=David Lahm].